Boge and I each got one of John Meeker's cast offs and I
by Hobie 
, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 18:58 (4302 days ago)
took mine to the range today. I shot it along with my Tactical Solutions 1911 conversion. Range was 25 yards and the ammo was from the 525 Golden Bullet (Remington) box (item 1622C). Remington bulk doesn't have a great rep but there weren't any faults so far as the ammo goes except it might not have agreed with the guns. Targets are standard slow-fire pistol centers. All shooting was done two-handed standing. I rather think it was me that was the problem. FWIW, I have developing cataracts and sometimes it seems that everything blurs out. I hope it is just the cataracts and not something else! Here's the targets so that you can decide for yourselves.
This first is the single-action using the pre-18 (4" K22). I don't know how many shots were fired but none are off the sheet shown. What I did was to load two mags for the TACSOL conversion for every cylinder-full from the revolver.
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This next is the target for the Tactical Solutions conversion. I think it did a bit better but then it had more opportunity, like a 20 to 6 advantage.
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This was fired double action at about 40 yards from the revolver. There are two .45 holes in the lower left corner of the image. These were the only 2 rounds of 20 .45 ACP ball fired at this same target from the same 25 yards with the same hold. The pistol used was my Lightweight Officer's ACP. Not sure what is wrong as previously I put them all in the bull at this distance with the same center hold. I didn't think I was pushing the gun. Next time I'm going to take a bunch of ball and the gun to just work on this one problem.
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Sincerely,
Hobie
Set up some cans on 50yard dirt pile. Roll 'em. I
by John Meeker , Snoozing on the grips. will rummage grip, Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 20:58 (4302 days ago) @ Hobie
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Set up some cans on 50yard dirt pile. Roll 'em. I
by Bob Hatfield , Thursday, July 26, 2012, 05:46 (4302 days ago) @ John Meeker
There you go
I get more satisfaction out of accuracy testing a pistol by plinking at cans, dirt clods and such. About all of those shots would have busted a can or a clay thats for sure. I like a 22 to be able to hit something the size of a grouse's head at about 20 feet while kneeling and I'm sure that Smith could do that and maybe farther.
Bob
I think you're right. Our range doesn't permit such targets
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Thursday, July 26, 2012, 14:44 (4301 days ago) @ Bob Hatfield
<sigh>. I sure do wish I'd been able to convince my wife to move to my parents' place. I'd do a lot more shooting for certain. At least I still have a place to shoot!
I'm going to take this gun squirrel hunting this fall (as I will all the .22 LRs).
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Sincerely,
Hobie
Good shooting, Hobie
I've found that I shoot better on a 50 foot bull, at 25 yards, than I do on a standard 25 yard target; maybe because it offers a finer aiming point.
Aim small, miss small.... I have a bunch of the 25 yard
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Thursday, July 26, 2012, 08:27 (4302 days ago) @ Sarge
target centers and that is what I grabbed. I aim at the X as I would if hunting. I need some work here, I think, but I do better on game, or DID do better on game. My eyesight has changed a lot in the last 7 years.
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Sincerely,
Hobie